75G - PH AMEND TRANSIT ZONING CODE

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{{�T R A N S I T ZONING CODE : Architectural Standards— Building Types 6lustrutive Photo:Tuck-under with stoop fmmage glusbative Photo: Alley providing service and garage access 11 1 r' iiT r) Awl, r Mustsative Photo: AdJtecture of two Ndividual tuAunder bull& Ings combined at On, alley access that separates the two buildings Sec 41-2029.Tuck-Under Housing Building Type. (a) Tuck -under housign is an individual structure on a parcel with no private rearyard and where its garage Is tucked underthe rear of the house and accessed by an alley.The structure Is occupied by one primary residence arranged with at least 4 Such structures or at least multiple townhouse units types ananged side by side along the printery frontage. (b) Lol Width and Depth The minimum and maximum lot width and the mInlmurn lot depth hall be as boarcri InTableBT-1 (PermittedBuildinciTyOts), (c) Access Standards (1) The main entrance to each unit adjacent to a street shall be directly from and face the street The main entrance to all other units shall be from a courtyard. (2) Garages and services shag be accessed from an alley. (3) A back entry from the alley, and beside each garage shall be required for each unit These envies are to be set back Into the lot at a minimum distance of 5 feet so as not to be Bush with the affey-facing garage doors. (4) Buildings at a street comer may span across the alley provided emergency access Is main- tained and all required clearances are maintained (5) Accessiblgty should be accommodated between a pair of units and not in the front yard to the degree possible. (d) Parking Standards (1) Required residential unit parking shag be In a garage that Is attached to the dwelling (2) All garages shag be accessed from a parking court separate but adjacent to the alley rlghtof- way. (3)The garage for the dwellings at the end of the structure shag not be accessed directly from the alley. They should be access from parking court (4) Additional required parking spaces may be enclosed covered, or open. (a) ServiceStandards (a) Services, including all utility access, aboveground equipment and bash containers shall be located on an alley when present or on the rear of the lot for those without alley access. (f) Open Space Standards (1) One primary common open space of regular geometry Is required This area shag be equal to 15 percent of the lot and shag be open to the sky. The common open space may be located on the ground or on a podium The minimum dimension for this area shall be 30 feet in each direction. (2) Private open space shag be provided for each residential unit The private open space shall be no less than 90 square feet with a minimum dimemion of 6 feet in each direction and shall be open to the sky. (3) Private pages are permitted In front yards, subject to encroachments permitted per zone, in building Interiors, and on upper floors (4) Single loaded courtyards adjacent to alleys or interior lot lines shall be at lent 20 feet in width. The length of such courtyard shall equal to the length of the building frontage. (5) Up to 50 percent of the private open space may be substituted for additional common open space or common Interior space, the sire ofwNch will be equivalent to the displaced private open space.The minmum dimension of this space shall be IS feet in each direction. (g) Landscape Standards (1) Landscape shag not obscure front yard on adjacent lots Trees shall be planted at the ate of one (1) 364nch box tree per 25lineal feet of front yard. The bees can be placed in groups in order to achieve a particular design. (2) Where rear yard setbacks are present, at least one (1) 244nch canopy tree per unit shall be provided for shade and privacy. (3) Side Voted bees shall be placed at a rate of one (1) 244nch box free per 30lineal feet for privacy ofneighboss. (4) Six (6) 5-gallon shrubs, ten (10) one -gallon size herbaceous perennials/shrubs and turf or acceptable dry climate ground cover shall be planted for every required tree. (h) Frontage Standards (U Each dweWng s ground level shall be designed so that social areas such as the living room family room dining room rather than sleeping and service rooms, are oriented toward the fronting street to the degree possible. (i) Building Size and Massing Standards (1) Buildings shall be composed of 2 or 3-story Volumes in compgance with the standards for the applicable zone (2) Buildings on comer lots shall be designed with two front facades. (3) Each building shag maintain setbacks from property lines and in compliance with the Stan. dads for the applicable zone, providing as much direct access to yards as possible. (4)The minimum unit frontage shall be 21 feet (5) A tuck -under shall comply with the height ratios established in Table BT-11. entitled Maximum Table Br-11 Madmum Ratio of each Tuckwdet Smry Story I Ground Fioor 2 3 %ofgrcurd Iborbystary I 1W% M SON. III For arty percentageless than m0%, the percentage refert to the percentage of theground f our footprint d the bu3dug area that u permitted for thh pardcub r story. (j) Accessory Dwellings Accessorydwellings shall not be permitted (k) Accessory Structures Accessory structures shag not be permitted 421 TRANSIT ZONING CODE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT 84 Chy of Santa Ana, California 75G-41